a journey taken for pleasure
"many summer excursions to the shore"
"it was merely a pleasure trip"
"after cautious sashays into the field"
A wearisome journey.
To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
The origin of "jaunt" is uncertain, though it may be a modified form of "daunt," meaning to discourage. Its modern sense likely developed from words related to rambling or jesting in Scots and Swedish dialects.